Lottery-Ticket Owner Hands in Lotto Slip Worth €4.7 Million

By

David Román

Sep 17, 2013 11:39 am EST

MADRID—If you lost a lottery ticket in the Spanish city of Corunna last year, you are in luck: it won a €4.7 million ($6.2 million) prize.

The still-unclaimed slip of paper was found on a counter in July over a year ago, by Manuel Reija, the owner of one of dozens of lottery shops in the northwestern Spanish city. Mr. Reija told local paper La Voz de Galicia that he was amazed when he checked the numbers on the ticket, dated June 2012, and realized it had won an unusually big jackpot.

Mr. Reija then handed the ticket to Spain’s state-owned lottery administration, that took its sweet time to handle the case. It only notified the city authorities weeks ago. On Monday, a brief notice about the lost ticket was placed in the city government website.